THE SUPERWOMAN.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1587, 2 November 1912, Page 11

THE SUPERWOMAN.

Now ] that",the.;'snffragett'e.question \s r iooming.largej l ;.iiot'';:dhly:,.oii : f.tne''Eiiglish, political -horizon;' but on that .of 1 America, also, it is of interest to .learn the views of Mrs.. Gfrtrude.Athe'rtcn,. the .Americannovelist and sociologist,, as . advanced ;by. herein a recent address,to;a:New York. audience..: "The English !: su'ffragist-is the highest, type 'of modern -':■ wpmanTT-strong, ' . Bane, and-with a powerful-complex brain, with a'. towards gexlessness,- and an.obsessin'g desire to stand alone in complete, indifference.; She.-is-at the; top of' - the earth, and. the. very, acme'of feminine development.,' It,is:' the Englishman, the . 100 per cent, .male, who ■ breeds this type. ,iWo have not such men'an America', : and ■ this.is,the: reason- vhy we have'no such. women; ;- : The; ' Englishman - has ' always been the master in his own household, down to the smallest .trifle .his, mastery' has made ,possible this-woman,' as strong as death. There is.one'type of .American ■ woman who,is the silliest on earth,' not, perhaps, because she is incapable of being interesting, but because she lacks educa- , 'tion. She is the type one -meets' so fre- ! fluently when travelling or ..when at ' watering: places.'; On the ..whole, the 'American, women, are unprogressive, be-, causo.they are spoiled and pampered by ■ their men. .They are apt to be less interesting,. if you take'the'-average, thanEuropean women, for .they, are not so highly, educated. ' The - Suffrage will, improve them, for they will begin to study the political and social of the day, to read those parts of the papers and magazines that men quite" naturally read, for their'dailyinterest lies.in them. They -will'in this way gain more knowledge and learn to think a little 'about--serious •questions."..:.-. ..'-.•■-. '.;. ,V-